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Transcendental Meditation and Reduced Trauma Symptoms in Women Inmates

NCT02791464 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2016-06-06

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Summary

The pilot study investigates the potential benefits of the Transcendental Meditation program in reducing trauma, including PTSD, in female prisoners. Subjects will be randomly assigned to either the TM program or a wait list control group for a period of four months.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Transcendental Meditation program

a mental technique using a mantra or 'soothing sound' that refines the thought process enabling the mind to 'transcend' its own thinking process and experience a state of pure consciousness. Subjects practice this technique twice a day for 20 minutes sitting in chair with eyes closed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western Oregon University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maharishi University of Management Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maharishi International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fred Travis, PhD · Maharishi University of Management Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

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